Ameloblastic fibroma in six–year-old male: Hamartoma or a true neoplasm

Ameloblastic fibroma (AF) is an uncommon true mixed odontogenic tumor with a relative frequency between 1.5% and 4.5%. Recently, it has been proposed that two subtypes of AF exist: A neoplasm and a hamartomatous lesion. We report a case of AF in left mandibular posterior region in a 6-year-old male...

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Autores principales: Jindal, Chhavi, Bhola, Reena Sarkar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3227258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22144834
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.86695
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description Ameloblastic fibroma (AF) is an uncommon true mixed odontogenic tumor with a relative frequency between 1.5% and 4.5%. Recently, it has been proposed that two subtypes of AF exist: A neoplasm and a hamartomatous lesion. We report a case of AF in left mandibular posterior region in a 6-year-old male patient. The tumor showed unusual and aggressive features that suggested it was a true neoplasm.
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spelling pubmed-32272582011-12-05 Ameloblastic fibroma in six–year-old male: Hamartoma or a true neoplasm Jindal, Chhavi Bhola, Reena Sarkar J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Case Report Ameloblastic fibroma (AF) is an uncommon true mixed odontogenic tumor with a relative frequency between 1.5% and 4.5%. Recently, it has been proposed that two subtypes of AF exist: A neoplasm and a hamartomatous lesion. We report a case of AF in left mandibular posterior region in a 6-year-old male patient. The tumor showed unusual and aggressive features that suggested it was a true neoplasm. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3227258/ /pubmed/22144834 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.86695 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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